DS Forum Compilation

[chaucerianmyth]

Feb 1, 2017 17:47:05 GMT -5 kaptaincarbon said:

Just for backup, I am going to find a classical painting (art history hobby) that we can work from just in case the commission doesn't work out. I w3as racking my brain for cloaked figures in classical art but something close is magic based artwork which I LOVE to collect (digitally). I also had an idea for the name to be WAND & SHADOW which has a nice ring to it and also captures the magical (not fantasy pper say) aspects of the music as well as the secretive and dark undertones. Anyway the first piece is called The CONJUERER from Bosch and the second one is MAGIC CIRCLE by Waterhouse.

Anything by Bosch is a winner in my book!

[Tyrannus]

Feb 1, 2017 20:44:20 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

It all sounds good to me so far! I'm curious, though, about the concept. It sounds great, and I'm totally down with it, but in what way will the concept affect the music, and to what degree? Like, Is there a story here we should follow? I'm only asking because songs about hooded figures sounds a little vague.

Haha yes I'm in full agreement that our "theme" is only the faintest outline of a theme.  I think a cool idea may be to develop a narrative collaboratively or have one story enthusiast whip that up.  I didn't have any story ideas personally but I was thinking one cool musical might feature be a focus on hypnotic, shimmering arpeggios that have a somewhat "mystical" feeling.  Also steady, ritualistic percussion might be cool, maybe chanting.  But I'm open to anything!  And if anyone has story ideas that'd be great

[chaucerianmyth]

Feb 1, 2017 21:11:28 GMT -5 Tyrannus said:

Feb 1, 2017 20:44:20 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

It all sounds good to me so far! I'm curious, though, about the concept. It sounds great, and I'm totally down with it, but in what way will the concept affect the music, and to what degree? Like, Is there a story here we should follow? I'm only asking because songs about hooded figures sounds a little vague.

Haha yes I'm in full agreement that our "theme" is only the faintest outline of a theme.  I think a cool idea may be to develop a narrative collaboratively or have one story enthusiast whip that up.  I didn't have any story ideas personally but I was thinking one cool musical might feature be a focus on hypnotic, shimmering arpeggios that have a somewhat "mystical" feeling.  Also steady, ritualistic percussion might be cool, maybe chanting.  But I'm open to anything!  And if anyone has story ideas that'd be great

I think it's a great idea, but we'd better get on that part soon if we've only got a month!

[Tyrannus]

Feb 1, 2017 21:40:48 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

Feb 1, 2017 21:11:28 GMT -5 Tyrannus said:

Haha yes I'm in full agreement that our "theme" is only the faintest outline of a theme.  I think a cool idea may be to develop a narrative collaboratively or have one story enthusiast whip that up.  I didn't have any story ideas personally but I was thinking one cool musical might feature be a focus on hypnotic, shimmering arpeggios that have a somewhat "mystical" feeling.  Also steady, ritualistic percussion might be cool, maybe chanting.  But I'm open to anything!  And if anyone has story ideas that'd be great

I think it's a great idea, but we'd better get on that part soon if we've only got a month!

That's certainly true!  What if we told the tale of how the warlocks all met at various locations?  And then how they cleared the dungeon that they converted into their lair of operations? 

If we do future compilations we can talk of the covens exploits and stuff

[nahadoth]

just FWIW - Silvana Massa did the artwork for Verminaard's "Lorac's Folly," while Bard Algol did the drawing for "Wardens".

I feel like it would be nice to have more of a concrete theme, but not necessarily a full narrative arc. Maybe let everyone's tracks be the description of how their own hooded figure/warlock arrives at the convocation? Then we don't have to worry so much about making all of the stories line up, and gives some justification for the 'anthology' feel of a compilation like this.

[chaucerianmyth]

Feb 1, 2017 21:52:13 GMT -5 Tyrannus said:

Feb 1, 2017 21:40:48 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

I think it's a great idea, but we'd better get on that part soon if we've only got a month!

That's certainly true!  What if we told the tale of how the warlocks all met at various locations?  And then how they cleared the dungeon that they converted into their lair of operations? 

If we do future compilations we can talk of the covens exploits and stuff

That sounds good to me! A good baseline, for sure!

[chaucerianmyth]

Feb 1, 2017 22:19:20 GMT -5 nahadoth said:

just FWIW - Silvana Massa did the artwork for Verminaard's "Lorac's Folly," while Bard Algol did the drawing for "Wardens".

I feel like it would be nice to have more of a concrete theme, but not necessarily a full narrative arc. Maybe let everyone's tracks be the description of how their own hooded figure/warlock arrives at the convocation? Then we don't have to worry so much about making all of the stories line up, and gives some justification for the 'anthology' feel of a compilation like this.

I think this is a really great way to do it, for the sake of ease and time.

[Tyrannus]

So everyone describe your warlock and your arrival! Grand!

[nahadoth]

I think this also can account for the wide range of styles - artists doing more of the barbarian/epic fantasy style DS could be seen as describing a physical journey, while maybe more ethereal/wintry artists are more describing a psychological or mystical journey.

So I haven't yet been on the link someone posted a few pages back - do we have a set range for track length? And we're emailing all files to Kaptain, right?

[Tyrannus]

Feb 1, 2017 22:32:19 GMT -5 nahadoth said:

I think this also can account for the wide range of styles - artists doing more of the barbarian/epic fantasy style DS could be seen as describing a physical journey, while maybe more ethereal/wintry artists are more describing a psychological or mystical journey.

So I haven't yet been on the link someone posted a few pages back - do we have a set range for track length? And we're emailing all files to Kaptain, right?

I think as far as length let's aim for under ten minutes?  Also is that the official submission policy?

[andrewwerdna]

Feb 1, 2017 22:19:20 GMT -5 nahadoth said:

I feel like it would be nice to have more of a concrete theme, but not necessarily a full narrative arc. Maybe let everyone's tracks be the description of how their own hooded figure/warlock arrives at the convocation? Then we don't have to worry so much about making all of the stories line up, and gives some justification for the 'anthology' feel of a compilation like this.

So we make a track to represent our characters? Sounds like the beginning of a musical rpg. I dig it. I reckon the Valscharuhn spellcaster character will be a lich of some sort.

[nahadoth]

maybe that's a good other option - either a track that describes or somehow portrays the journey to the gathering, or a track that is something like a character sheet/ one-shot.

[chaucerianmyth]

Or a little bit of both, perhaps?

[Tyrannus]

Right just make it generally a depiction and/or description of your character and/or their journey and take whatever creative liberties you so choose!

[nebulosa]

Feb 1, 2017 12:12:27 GMT -5 Tyrannus said:

Feb 1, 2017 12:01:50 GMT -5 chaucerianmyth said:

I'm definitely down for this! Count me in! It'll be nice to write some DS that isn't about literature for a change! I think the warlocks theme could definitely work. I really like the idea of a compilation that is also a concept album.

Sounds great!  So shall we proceed forth with the warlock theme?  I'm good with that if everyone else is.  Everyone try to make a track with warlock/wizard/sorcerer/druid/something magical in the title and musically imbue it with a exceptionally mystical quality (whatever that means to you).  Should we try to aim for the darker end of things or do we want to have a sort of variable mood and atmosphere that all flows together cohesively (like it'll be cinematic, and possess some highs and lows)?  Also if anyone has ideas for an overall title let's hear it!  Also I'd like to delegate this artwork task over to someone or we can try and find some existing artwork and edit that.   Volunteers?

I too am all for the warlock theme! Instead of everyone aiming for one specific sound or creating one atmosphere, I think it would be cool if everyone played in their own distinct styles, with the chosen central theme in mind. This, I feel, would naturally generate a cinematic feel because there is a lot of variation in all of our approaches to dungeon synth. Either that, or it will sound too disjointed if we don't all try to go for a similar atmosphere, I'm not sure.